Like his admirer Samuel Beckett, Johnson locates his voices among conditions of such deprivation that even the most miserable memories are gilded by comparison: this paradox fuels equal parts of comedy and pathos. Never sentimental, at once corrosive and elegiac,… — James Marcus Copy Share Image
“We were a religious sect consisting of two people, and now half the congregation was gone. There would be no closure, no healing. I… — James Marcus Copy Share Image
Some say vegetarianism is an alternative diet, but it is the original diet, the plan designed by God. — James Marcus Copy Share Image
Spaying is a compromise in terms of reverence for life, but perhaps a necessary one in a society which kills millions of dogs and… — James Marcus Copy Share Image
I'm good with machines. I know where to scratch, pet, and tickle them. — James Marcus Copy Share Image
“Online magazines such as Salon, Slate, and Suck, had already made an elementary discovery: a reader staring into the equivalent of a thirty-watt bulb… — James Marcus Copy Share Image
Like his admirer Samuel Beckett, Johnson locates his voices among conditions of such deprivation that even the most miserable memories are gilded by comparison:… — James Marcus Copy Share Image
